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Fabulous Find: 1971 New York Comic Art Program

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:00:51 +0000

Time for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve dug into my convention program booklets and pulled out the 1971 New York Comic Art Program. The convention was held over the weekend of July 2nd through the 5th. There were two Guests of Honor, the first, artist Jim Steranko and second, writer Gardner Fox.…

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Fabulous Find: 1972 Detroit Tri Con Program

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:30:13 +0000

While searching for something else to feature in this Fabulous Find column, I came across a forgotten program from a local Detroit convention I attended back in 1972. It was called the Detroit Tri Con 1972 and it was a spin off from the Detroit Triple FanFare conventions held during the same period. It was…

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1975 ACBA Sketchbook

Greg Turner — Fri, 02 May 2014 11:30:25 +0000

Salutations friends and family! It’s once again Friday, and that means it’s time for another Fabulous Find! And this week I’m headed back into the fanzines I own and pulled out the 1975 ACBA Sketchbook! It was published by the Academy of Comic Book Arts, or the ACBA, for short. It’s basically a forty-eight page…

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Witzend Fanzines # 6 – 12

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:30:26 +0000

Welcome back to part two, in my two part, Fabulous Find column on the Witzend fanzines from Wally Wood and company! Though with issue # 6, Wally Wood is now only listed as the “illustrious founder” and the fanzine/prozine is now published by Ed Glasser and edited by Bill Pearson! Witzend # 6 I’ve owned my…

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RETRO REVIEW: Space: 1999 # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:45:52 +0000

Greetings and salutations all, and welcome back to another edition of my RETRO REVIEW column! This week I’ve pulled out a little known comic from Charlton Comics. It’s Space: 1999 # 1, cover dated November 1975. It features a pretty nice painted cover by artist, Joe Staton. Take a look: The comic itself is based on…

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